queen
\ˈkwin\
The verdict
“queen” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,747
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reine, femme monarque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-queen · queen · French
queen · rank #7,747 · 6 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,747
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH Qatar
Nearest frequency peer: Qatar (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “queen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prostitution
prostitution
92,257 corpus weight
- pue
pue
92,256 corpus weight
- Qatar
Qatar
92,255 corpus weight
- queen
queen
92,254 corpus weight
- Quentin
Quentin
92,253 corpus weight
- rebelle
rebelle
92,251 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “queen” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | queen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkwin\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “queen” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around queen (IPA \ˈkwin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,747 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for queen, with forms such as "qeuen", "qqueen", and "queenn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "quel", "ques", "quels", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is queen, spelled Q-U-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1Reine, femme monarque.
- 2Reine, épouse du roi.
- 3Reine, dame.
- 4Dame.
- 5Chatte.
- 6principale femelle d’une colonie d’insectes, responsable de la reproduction.
- 7Travesti.
- 8Homme homosexuel ou efféminé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how queen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ace, king, queen, and jack are the highest cards in the deck.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeuen
- qqueen
- queenn
- quen
- quene
- uqeen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of queen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "queen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "queen". Here's where to go from here.
- "queen" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "quel". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,747 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "Q" letter cohort. Q–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.